The health implications of social security failure: Evidence from the Russian pension crisis

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 209-236

  Jensen, Robert T ^a,b   Richter, Kaspar ^c,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health mortality; Insurance; Pensions social security; Poverty; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142087680     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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